Japan vs Spain: Rice yields
Japan
6.96 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
7.05 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
14th
Spain rank
11th
Rice yields over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 7.05 tonnes per hectare against 6.96 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.09 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 14th and Spain ranks 11th of 123 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.24 tonnes per hectare | 6.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.9809 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 5.86 tonnes per hectare | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.1528 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 5.94 tonnes per hectare | 6.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.1918 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 6.17 tonnes per hectare | 6.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.4478 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2000s | 6.5 tonnes per hectare | 7.18 tonnes per hectare | 0.678 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 6.84 tonnes per hectare | 7.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.8669 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 6.92 tonnes per hectare | 6.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.1431 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 7.05 tonnes per hectare against 6.96 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Japan and Spain?
- 0.09 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for rice yields?
- Japan ranks 14th and Spain ranks 11th of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.